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Re: unknown element selection (parent is known)
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- Subject: Re: unknown element selection (parent is known)
- From: Oliver Becker <obecker at informatik dot hu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:57:22 +0200 (MET DST)
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
Rob,
> How do I select a record without knowing the
> name of it. What I know is the name of the parent,
>
> <PARENT>
> <???>Donald Ball</???>
> <???>23</???>
> </PARENT>
PARENT/*
selects all children of the PARENT element
PARENT/*[1]
selects only the first child
> Another thing i do not know is the number of elements.
count(PARENT/*)
> So I will proberly have to use for-each.
Depends on what you want to achieve ...
Cheers,
Oliver
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